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☆ Kenyan government critics mysteriously disappeared. They came back silenced
▼ + stars: | 2025-01-09 | by ( Larry Madowo | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

He was taken by the men after posting cartoons critical of Kenyan President William Ruto and his government to social media in December. But they all have said that they will no longer criticize the government on social media or have completely gone silent. Human rights groups say the abductions should be called enforced disappearances, and that they violate Kenyan and international law. Amnesty International Kenya’s executive director, Irungu Houghton, told CNN that the disappearances were well-calculated and organized. Muteti’s cousin Ansity Kendi Christine told CNN that handcuff marks and cuts on Njeru’s arms indicate violence in detention.

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☆ Kenyan lawmaker among dozens arrested during anti-abduction protests
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-30 | by ( Larry Madowo | Christian Edwards | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

At least 53 unarmed protesters were arrested across the country throughout the day, according to the state-funded Kenya National Commission on Human Rights (KNCHR). Opposition lawmaker Okiya Omtatah and Reuben Kigame – a blind gospel singer and one-time presidential candidate – were among those arrested on Monday, KNCHR said. High court directiveDespite promising to put an end to the wave of alleged abductions, Ruto on Saturday did not admit government involvement in the dozens of cases of missing people. Daniel Irungu/EPA-EFE/ShutterstockAmnesty said police had denied lawyers access to the arrested demonstrators in Nairobi and Mombasa, in violation of Kenyan law. “After the finance (bill) protests in June, that’s when this started – the crackdown,” Emmanuel Ong’ao told AFP.

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☆ Kenya’s president promises to stop abductions following wave of disappearances
▼ + stars: | 2024-12-28 | by ( Larry Madowo | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Despite Ruto’s speech, a state-funded human rights body says 29 people remain unaccounted for, including six people who disappeared days before Christmas. The 47-year-old told CNN he was forcibly dragged out of a matatu (minibus) one night in August by four hooded men wearing black balaclavas, then was blindfolded, beaten and waterboarded. “They’re Kenyan security officers who took us because they told me we had become a threat to the state. “I was very traumatized,” he told CNN. Mwangi’s barber told CNN that unidentified men jumped out of a car and grabbed Mwangi, who was waiting for a haircut, from his shop.

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